The Thirty-first of March
eBook - ePub

The Thirty-first of March

An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Thirty-first of March

An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson

About this book

An intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnson's politics and presidency by one of his closest advisors.

Horace Busby was one of LBJ's most trusted advisors; their close working and personal relationship spanned twenty years. In The Thirty-First of March he offers an indelible portrait of a president and a presidency at a time of crisis. From the aftereffects of the Kennedy assassination, when Busby was asked by the newly sworn-in president to sit by his bedside during his first troubled nights in office, to the concerns that defined the Great Society—civil rights, the economy, social legislation, housing, and the Vietnam War—Busby not only articulated and refined Johnson's political thinking, he also helped shape the most ambitious, far-reaching legislative agenda since FDR's New Deal.

Here is Johnson the politician, Johnson the schemer, Johnson who advised against JFK's choice of an open limousine that fateful day in Dallas, and Johnson the father, sickened by the deaths of young men fighting and dying in Vietnam on his orders. The Thirty-first of March is a rare glimpse into the inner sanctum of Johnson's presidency, as seen through the eyes of one of the people who understood him best.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Prologue: The Sunday Shift
  9. 2. The Beginning of the Day
  10. 3. The Bomb Thrower
  11. 4. Snowstorm in Mississippi
  12. 5. Playing President
  13. 6. The Keeper of the Flame
  14. 7. Man Alone
  15. 8. ā€œThe Candidate has Disappearedā€
  16. 9. Time of Triumph: Austin to Boston, 1960
  17. 10. The Last Roundup
  18. 11. A Friday Afternoon in Brussels
  19. 12. Forebodings
  20. 13. The President
  21. 14. Afternoon at Gettysburg, 1967
  22. 15. State of the Union
  23. 16. A Sunday at the White House
  24. 17. The Ninth Hour
  25. 18. The Close
  26. 19. Convulsion
  27. 20. ā€œWell, See You Again, Sometimeā€
  28. A Note About the Author